Obituaries
Adella Miller
Dec 31, 2014
Adella was born to Joe and Antonia Rivera in the Nienda community on October 2, 1929. She became a Christian at an early age and loved Our Lord. She grew up in Hamlin where she worked at the Hamlin Memorial Hospital in the lab, nursery area and helped deliver several babies. Later she worked at Franks Department store and...
Gene Walton
Dec 31, 2014
Born August 18, 1928, in Ada, Oklahoma, Gene was the son of Eugene L. and Autrey Rodgers Walton. He married the love of his life, Anita Thomas, on September 24, 1949, in Wewoka, Oklahoma. The couple moved from Odessa to Aspermont in 1952, then to Hamlin in 1957, where Gene owned and operated Walton Well Service. In his spare...
Wanda Johnson
Dec 27, 2014
Born July 20, 1929 to J.T. Viola Smith. She married Leonard Johnson who preceded her in death after nearly sixty years of marriage. Wanda worked at Celotex Corporation until deciding to be a full time wife and mother. Later she returned to Celotex on a part time basis, and also worked for Hamlin Hospital, Turner Insurance Agency and Mayo...
Homer Shelton
Dec 26, 2014
James was the son of J.D. And Elizabeth Helms Shelton. A lifelong resident of Hamlin, he worked for many years at the quarry in Lueders. In his spare time, James enjoyed hunting, fishing, and growing flowers. He was a member of the Hamlin Masonic lodge. James is preceded in death by his father, two brothers, and three sisters. He...
Josefa Villarreal
Dec 26, 2014
Born August 21, 1936, in Sinton, Josefa was the daughter of the late Evaristo F. and Maria Medrano Ybarra. She married Rito Villarreal August 30, 1952, in Belton. They moved to Hamlin in 1961 from Edinburg. Josefa loved to cook, sew and was known as Mamma to many people. She was a homemaker and a member of the Mission...
Jimmy Woolf
Dec 13, 2014
Born June 23, 1945, in Hamlin, Texas, Jimmy was the son of Lewis and Irene Crouch Woolf. He graduated from Hamlin High School in 1964, and served in the United States Air Force for two years. While in the Air Force, he married his high school sweetheart, Erma Hines, on February 16, 1965 in her parents living room in...
Larue Abernathy
Dec 5, 2014
Born September 23, 1913, in Aspermont, Texas, LaRue was the daughter of the late Thomas Nathan and Alma Lee Aycock Abbott. She graduated from Aspermont High School at the age of sixteen, obtained her Associates Degree from Wichita Falls Jr. College, and furthered her education in New Orleans. On July 12, 1939, she married the love of her life,...
Barbara Collins
Nov 25, 2014
Born May 22, 1948, in Hamlin, Texas, Barbara was the daughter of Alfred Ray and Audry Merl Elizabeth Merline Bramlett Griffin. She grew up and attended school in McCaulley, Texas. She lived most of her life in Hamlin, serving the community for numerous years as a waitress at Jordans Restaurant where she knew most customers name and order just...
Evelyn Arnett
Nov 1, 2014
Born June 9, 1932, at the family homestead in Pleasant Valley, Texas, Evelyn was the daughter of Andrew Jackson Mattie Price Key, She was raised in Rotan, Texas, and worked at the First National Bank of Rotan in the field of insurance business and banking for many years. On May 12, 1984, she married Norman Arnett in Aspermont, Texas....
J.B. Terrell
Oct 26, 2014
J.B. was born July 30, 1919, in Fisher County to Bertie Mae Barnett and Jennings Bryan Terrell, Sr. He graduated from Hamlin High School in 1937, and played football at the University of Texas and Baylor University before joining the Army Air Corps. He was a bombardier during WWII and received the Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, American Defense...
Barbara Jeffrey
Oct 1, 2014
Born September 11, 1947, in Wichita Falls, Texas, Barbara was the daughter of Billy Ray and Mary Dena Huling Brown. She married the love of her life, Jackie Trueitt Jeffrey, on May 3, 1962, at the McCaulley Baptist Church. The couple lived and raised their children in McCaulley and Noodle, where Barbara held various jobs over the years. Her...
Debra Brown
Sep 16, 2014
Born April 8, 1953, in Hamlin, Texas, Debra was the daughter of James William and Rebecca Ann Jones Brown. She grew up in Hamlin, graduating from Hamlin High School in the class of 1971, before attending HardinSimmons University in Abilene, where she earned a Bachelor of the Arts degree in 1975. Upon graduating, she went to work for STE...
Johnny Jeffrey
Sep 8, 2014
Born January 18, 1936, in Fisher County, Texas, Johnny was the son of Trueitt J.T. and Lydia Jewell Gibson Jeffrey. He graduated from McCaulley High School in the class of 1954. On July 20, 1957,he married the love of his life, Barbara Ann Babs Henderson, in McCaulley. The couple moved to Hamlin shortly after their marriage. Johnny was the...
Arliene Bryant
Sep 2, 2014
Arliene was born on April 18, 1917 in Hamlin, Texas. She was the daughter of the late Price and Eva Turner Amerson. A very progressive woman in her time, Arliene bought a local Fire and Casualty Insurance Agency in 1939 and managed the agency until her retirement in 1973. She married John C. Bryant on May 7, 1947 in...
Jim Dixon
Sep 2, 2014
Born April 30, 1926, on the Dixon Ranch in Reagan County, Jim was the son of the late W.H. and Octavia Belcher Dixon. He graduated from Reagan County High School on May 17, 1946 and received his Bachelor Degree in Agriculture from Texas Tech University in 1949. Jim married Barbara Anita Moss February 16, 1949, in Brownfield. Jim taught...
Bertie Sewell
Aug 25, 2014
Born September 20, 1925, in Hamlin, Texas, Bertie was the daughter of A.B. and Ruth Johnson Maynard. Bertie grew up in Hamlin, and graduated from Hamlin High School. She married J.W. Perryman, and the couple moved to Houston, where she lived until J.W. passed away in 1959. Bertie returned to Hamlin, and in October of 1962, she married Cal...
Dorothy Tankersley
Aug 19, 2014
Born April 18, 1925, in Fisher County, Texas, Dorothy was the daughter of James Robert and Delia Johnson Beard. She graduated from Sylvester High School in 1942, and attended HardinSimmons University. Dorothy taught school for a short while, then went to work for American Airlines as a stewardess in October of 1947. On May 14, 1950, she married John...
Robert Fletcher
Aug 18, 2014
Born June 4, 1935, in Jones County, Texas, Robert was the son of Wiltz Watts and Ruth Goodwin Fletcher. He grew up in Hamlin, Texas, where he excelled at every sport available at Hamlin High School, especially baseball. After graduating from Hamlin High School, he attended the University of Wyoming on a football scholarship, before transferring to Texas Christian...
Ricardo Villanueva
Jul 31, 2014
Born July 22, 1957, in Weslaco, Texas, Ricardo was the son of Guadalupe and Josefa Navarro Villanueva. He was raised in Hamlin, and graduated from Hamlin High School in 1975. Ricardo moved to Toledo, Ohio, where he spent several years before returning to Hamlin in 1999. On July 27, 2002, he married the love of his life, Lucia Delgado,...
Naomi Pfeiffer
Jul 31, 2014
Born August 13, 1929, in Stamford, Texas, Naomi was the daughter of Jess and Naomi Proctor Young. She was raised in Hamlin, Texas, where she graduated from Hamlin High School in the class of 1946. Naomi attended HardinSimmons University in Abilene, Texas. She married the love of her life, William Henry Pfeiffer, on April 13, 1948, in Sweetwater, Texas....
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